CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
Corporate Law : EPFO simplified PF withdrawal rules by reducing categories and easing eligibility, but most claims continue to fail because of KYC...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has explained the tax treatment of gratuity, pension, leave encashment, provident funds, NPS, and retire...
Income Tax : Under the earlier law, even a one-day delay in depositing employee contributions resulted in permanent tax disallowance. The new r...
Corporate Law : International workers from non-SSA countries cannot withdraw PF on exit. The article explains why age 58 remains the key condition...
Corporate Law : A six-month special scheme allows employers to enrol left-out employees and regularise EPF non-compliance with minimal penalties....
Corporate Law : Ministry of Labour launches EPF Enrolment Campaign 2025 (Nov 2025 - Apr 2026) to expand social security. Employers can regularize ...
Corporate Law : EPFO increases the auto-settlement limit for advance claims to ₹5 lakhs, enabling faster access to funds for members across vari...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces easier PF transfer with revamped Form 13 and bulk UAN generation for employers (without immediate Aadhaar)....
Corporate Law : EPFO adds 15 banks for employer contributions, expanding to 32 banks. The move aims to enhance efficiency and reduce transactional...
Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad upheld the disallowance of employees' PF/ESI contributions deposited beyond the due dates prescribed under the ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that proportionate interest disallowance cannot be sustained without establishing a direct nexus between b...
Income Tax : The Agra ITAT held that disallowance of employees' PF and ESI contributions could not be made through Section 143(1) processing wh...
Income Tax : The Tribunal rejected the challenge to disallowance of delayed PF and ESI employee contributions, relying on the Supreme Court's d...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined disallowance made for delayed employee contributions under Section 143(1). It held that debatable issues can...
Corporate Law : EPFO has approved acceptance of transgender identity certificates for name and gender corrections. The move strengthens inclusivit...
Corporate Law : The authority held that pension contributions wrongly paid for ineligible members must be recalculated with interest, transferred ...
Corporate Law : EPFO has confirmed that the Aadhaar–UAN seeding deadline will not be extended beyond 31 October 2025. Employers must ensure full...
Corporate Law : EPFO's campaign (Nov 2025–Apr 2026) allows employers to enroll employees missed from 2017 to 2025. Pay only employer's share and...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces a revamped Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) from September 2025 with system-based validations, revised filing o...
To support its subscribers during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, EPFO has now allowed its members to avail second non-refundable COVID-19 advance.
Azamgarh Steel & Power Pvt. Ltd. Vs CPC (ITAT Delhi) 1. ITAT Delhi deletes addition made u/s 36(1)(va) read with section 2(24)(x) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect of contributions received from employees on account of ESI / EPF deposited beyond time specified in respective law but before the due date u/s 139(1). […]
1. EPFO has taken a big decision regarding Provident Fund. As per the information, the new rule will be applicable on the PF account from June 1, 2021. 2. Now the employer has been given the responsibility to make your account Aadhaar verified. If they fail to do so can lead to the stoppage of […]
Hon’ble Hyderabad ITAT has in the case of Value Momentum Software Services Private Limited in I.T.A. No. 2197/HYD/2017 has held that late deposit of Employees Provident Fund prior to 01-4-2021 will not attract any disallowance as the explanation inserted by Finance Act,2021 in section 43B and Sec 36(va) has prospective effect and the same will be applicable only from 01-04-2021
1. Further to my article Taxability of Interest on Excess PF Contribution dated 11.02.2021, an attempt has been made in this article , to explain the new threshold limit of tax exemption and the manner of tax computation. The Government has increased the deposit threshold limit to ₹5 lakh per annum in the provident fund […]
The maximum assurance benefit payable under paragraph 22(3) of EDLI Scheme has been enhanced to Rs. 7 lakh from earlier maximum benefit of 6 lakh (Under para 22(3) of the scheme, the salary multiple shall be 35).
This is normally seen that most of the employees and workers not properly aware about how properly maintain his or her UAN and PF account. Also, they are operating this causally not understand the importance of its. But when they very need of it found them helpless and in very problematic situations. Some of basic […]
Retirement planning is not an easy task. It requires an organized approach to ensure that life post retirement for a person remains worry free for an individual. Since in our country, social security is conspicuous by absence for majority of people, it becomes very important for a person to prepare for retirement as early as […]
Until now, one of the best savings and investment option for a salaried person was investment in the employees’ provident fund (EPF) scheme. It inculcates the habit of compulsory savings with a relatively higher interest rate backed by government when compared to other similar investment options. It also provided tax-free income in the hands of […]
DCIT Vs Dee Development Engineers Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The assessee company has not deposited the employees’ contribution within the due date which is prescribed under the said statute i.e. Provident Fund and ESIC. This issue is dealt by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in case of CIT vs. M/s Bharat Hotels Ltd. 410 ITR 417 […]
